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Master of Science Degree Program in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP)

Fall 2019 entry applications:

Please start with "Application Part 1, Toulouse Graduate School application."
After receiving an email that contains your UNT ID Number, you may continue the application process by completing "Application Part 2, Departmental Application Components."

The Masters of Science education program in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of North Texas is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, 2200 Research Boulevard, #310, Rockville, MD 20850, 800-498-2071 or 301- 296-5700.

Individuals from any undergraduate field of study may apply to the Master of Science Degree Program in Speech-Language Pathology. However, applicants whose Bachelor's Degree is in a field outside Communication Sciences and Disorders or Speech-Language Pathology must complete prerequisite coursework. See Leveling / Out-of-Field Information for details.

The Masters of Science program can typically be completed in 5 academic terms (i.e. Fall, Spring, Summer) if all prerequisites have been met prior to admission.

Students who earn the Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology will meet the academic and clinical practicum requirements for ASHA's Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) and will also satisfy the requirements for Texas state licensure in speech-language pathology. For more details on Texas state licensure requirements, see: https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/slpa/slpa.htm.

You can find additional information about careers in speech-language pathology, on our Careers page.

Yearly admission to the Master’s Degree Program in Speech-Language Pathology is one time per year in the Fall.

The application deadline is January 1.

All application materials must be received on or before the application deadline date to be considered. Incomplete application portfolios are not reviewed by the admissions committee. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that all elements of the application have been received by UNT.

Applicants should check their application status and a checklist of Departmental application components via the MyUNT Portal.

Applicants to the Master’s Degree Program in Speech-Language Pathology are invited to make an appointment to tour the department and its clinical facilities which are led by current UNT ASLP graduate students. Tours are offered during the year depending on availability and are by appointment only.

Please send an e-mail if you wish to make an appointment for a departmental tour. To arrange for a UNT campus tour, applicants are invited to contact the UNT Campus Tours Office: http://tours.unt.edu

For Admissions and Application-Related Questions:

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Please allow 5 business days for a reply when classes are in session. Replies may take longer between academic terms. We appreciate your patience.

Application Part 1, Toulouse Graduate School application:

Step 2: Graduate Record Examination (General Test): Required
All applicants are required to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) — Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytical Writing subtests — and to report all their GRE scores to UNT--Denton (ETS Code 6481).

We recommend you begin taking the GRE during the summer the year before you intend to apply. This will provide you with ample time to retake the exam if you choose to do so, however we do take your highest score into account. If you take the GRE multiple times, we will take your scores from when your combined subject scores were the highest. We consider any scores above the 50th percentile to be competitive. Percentile ranks and their corresponding numeric scores can be located on the ETS website: www.ets.org.

Applicants who took the GRE within five years of the time of their application do not need to re-take the GRE for application to UNT. Because ETS maintains score reports up to five years after the time of testing, the applicant should contact ETS to request that score reports be sent to UNT.

Applicants who took the GRE over five years before the time of their application will be unable to request that ETS submit their scores to UNT. Applicants who took the GRE more than five years ago and who have the original, hard-copy ETS score reports in their possession may submit these scores for consideration by taking the original, hard copy ETS score report, in person, to the Toulouse Graduate School. Those applicants who took the GRE more than five years ago but who do not have the original, hard copy ETS score report in their possession will be required to re-take the GRE and to submit the new GRE scores to Toulouse Graduate School as part of their application.

Step 3: Official Transcripts: Required
Please arrange for all official transcripts (both undergraduate and graduate transcripts, including community college transcripts) to be sent directly to:

Please do not send transcripts directly to the Department. They must be received by the Graduate School for proper processing.

This section is now open to accept Departmental Application Components. Please read the requirements for each section and follow the directions closely. Contact us by email if you have any technical difficulties with these forms.

Application Part 2, Departmental application components:

Our department requires the submission of three letters of recommendation, a personal statement, and a basic human coursework form. Please see below for instructions and links to submit these elements:

Departmental Component #1- Letters of Recommendation

Three recommendations are required for submission to the ASLP department using the link below. It is preferred that these recommendations be written and sent by individuals who are familiar with your academic background and who can attest to your aptitude for challenging graduate level academic work. The number of recommendations from individuals outside of academia (e.g. employers, community leaders) should be kept to a minimum, and they may be weighted differently based on their relevance to academic-specific information. It is recommended that students request letters of recommendation from at least two faculty members from their undergraduate program.

You will need to fill out the information requested through the link below to request recommendations. Each of your recommenders will receive the instructions he or she needs to submit a letter of recommendation in support of your graduate application. The ASLP graduate admissions office will send these instructions to the e-mail address that the applicant provides to UNT; please verify the accuracy of each recommender's e-mail address before you send the recommender's contact information to UNT using the link below. It is your responsibility to confirm if your recommenders completed and submitted the form prior to the deadline. You may check the status by logging on to the MyUNT portal (https://my.unt.edu) and reviewing your application checklist.

Please submit a personal statement describing your professional goals and your preparation for graduate study in speech-language pathology. The length of the statement should be limited to one page single-spaced. Save your statement as a PDF file with a name that complies with the standardized file name format below; be sure to include your full name and UNT ID Number at the top of statement. Then upload your statement using the link below:

In the appropriate spaces of the form provide the course prefix; course number; course name; and the full, verbatim catalog course description for each non-UNT course that you listed on the Undergraduate/Leveling Coursework form; catalog course descriptions are found in the official catalog of the institution where you took the course.(Note: Catalog course descriptions do not need to be provided for courses that were taken at UNT.)

Assistantships and scholarships

All applicants to the UNT Master's Program in Speech-Language Pathology who submit each required component of their graduate application by the stated application deadline are automatically considered for competitive departmental assistantship awards. An assistantship application is necessary to be hired for a competitive departmental assistantship award. The department will invite individual applicants to apply on an as-needed basis.

All applicants are strongly advised to work with their undergraduate advisor to identify sources of extramural scholarship, loan and grant support for which the applicant can apply, prior to the start of graduate school. Many of these extramural funding mechanisms have application deadlines well in advance of the anticipated date of fall matriculation into the graduate program.